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Dialog Announces Winners of 2003 European InfoStar Awards

LONDON (3 December 2002) — Dialog, a Thomson (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) business and a leading worldwide provider of online-based information services and integrated information solutions, today announced the winners of its Quantum² InfoStar Awards for 2003.

The three European InfoStars are:

• Pia Jeppesen Hansen, an information specialist for H. Lundbeck A/S (Denmark). Among other responsibilities, Ms. Hansen manages Internet and database training for various departments and units at her company, including for new employees. She also helps manage the company’s online portal. Previous experience includes positions with the Copenhagen City Museum and the Ministry of Business and Industry.
  
  
• Jacques Hellemans, a librarian at the University Library of Brussels (Belgium). Mr. Hellemans is in charge of the library’s economics section and is involved in managing cooperative programs with other libraries. He has held other library positions in the Brussels area, and in Africa.
  
  
• Veronica Whitehorn, a medical information manager for Shire Pharmaceutical Development Ltd. (U.K.). Ms. Whitehorn has responsibility for her company’s medical information team and library staff. Before joining Shire, she held information management positions with Quintiles (U.K.) Ltd. and Bayer plc.
  
  

Dialog made the announcement at Online Information 2003, the world’s largest gathering of information industry professionals.

As part of its Quantum² programme offering professional training and career development services to information professionals worldwide, Dialog each year recognises a select group of information professionals from around the world as InfoStars. The awards are given to individuals whose creativity and innovation are inspirational to others in the information field.

“Each of our InfoStars epitomizes the attributes of Quantum² leadership,” said Libby Trudell, Dialog senior vice president of information professional development. “Each has raised the visibility and value of information services for their constituencies to a new level, through fresh approaches to understanding and addressing needs, and by reaching beyond traditional boundaries.”

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About Dialog and The Thomson Corporation
Dialog, a pioneer in developing the technology behind electronic information retrieval, is the world leader in providing online-based information services to organisations seeking competitive advantages in such fields as business, science, engineering, finance and law.

Today, the online services provided by Dialog — offered through the Dialog®, Dialog Profound®, Dialog DataStar™, NewsEdge and Intelligence Data brands — give users the ability to precisely retrieve data from more than 1.4 billion unique records, accessible via the Internet or through delivery to enterprise intranets. Searchable content includes articles and reports from thousands of real-time news feeds, newspapers, broadcast transcripts and trade publications, plus research reports and analyst notes providing support for financial decision-making, as well as in-depth repositories of scientific and technical data, patents, trademarks and other intellectual property data. Information professionals and end-users at business, professional and government organisations in more than 100 countries prize Dialog services for their depth and breadth of content, precision searching and speed.

Based in Cary, N.C., USA, Dialog has operations in 31 other countries. Dialog (www.dialog.com) is a business of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC). With 2002 revenues from continuing operations of US$7.5 billion, Thomson (www.thomson.com) is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers.

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